I didn't know !

I didn't realize the anger, the hate, that was spent so frivolously toward the enemy. The quickness at which they could expel words of despair on another without giving it a thought. I never knew back then I was the enemy." I didn't know" I lived another atmosphere where it never just pranced up and slapped my face. I lived what was called safe because they didn't do it "that" way in my place. But hell "I didn't know". I watched as a child as they greeted my Dad with respect,tipped their hats and he'd tip his back, but shoo he was their boss and I saw nothing wrong with that but heyyy," I didn't know".So yes I grew up rather priveleged and such when the hate knocked on my door I still didn't think much, well because I didn't know. I opened that door and addressed that call the reason being I knew no fear of them at all, haha, ya see "I didn't know". I was raised in the north where it was different for us. The hate was there but left unaddressed but at the time you see,"I didn't know". I paid it no attention when a teacher made a quip about black boys and their hair in my 5th grade trip, had I known then what I know now I'd have given her a part with an ax but, "I didn't know". Or when we had to work out our parents pay for a year by bringing in stubs and doing the math and the teacher left the room with mine and came back with questions like .. uhh so you folks are upper middle class ? Was none of her business, racist and such, but hey "I didn't know" So you see I wasn't as safe as I thought,there was just another way the hatred was brought would I have made a bigger difference had I known. Could I have effected a better tone? Shucks I still don't know. written by MaeWill copyright10-23-07